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If anyone has a printed copy of the VisPro Rexx manual that they would like to donate or sell at a reasonable price (inc postage to the UK), could you let me know?

I have the manuals as inf files but I prefer to use books on the whole. I know that the manual is probably out of date compared to the last released version but that would still be fine. It's mainly the overall approach/architecture and workflow I want to remember. As far as I can remember, I never had printed manuals, just an electronic download direct from hockware.

I have some app ideas I'd like to try out and it's been a while since I've used either eCS or VisPro so I need to do some bedtime reading to refresh my mind

Alas, I've lost all my old Vispro source files for the programs I wrote years ago. I notice one of the program binaries is still on hobbes though so that was fun to find!

Yes I have the latest 3.1.1 release with all the latest patches. It's a really great Visual IDE, if a little rough around some edges (understandably given it's not been developed in years)

I have seen those articles you mention. I was just hoping that in the unlikely event of someone gaving the printed manual and no longer wanting/needing it, they might consider parting with it. I prefer print to online docs for some reason.

The app I found on Hobbes is just a small utility to allow users to easily configure the startup file for the QLaY Sinclair QL emulator (which itself runs under DOS). I had a couple of other apps written in Vispro Rexx that did rather more than this (one generated a bunch of SQL statements for a client given various parameters if I remember correctly) but as I said, alas, I cannot find a CD with the source backed up.

If anyone has a printed copy of the VisPro Rexx manual that they would like to donate or sell at a reasonable price (inc postage to the UK), could you let me know?

I have the manuals as inf files but I prefer to use books on the whole.

Hi Jean-Yves,

A pdf conversion from the bundled books in inf format, ready for print, could help you? I made the same for vx-rexx, and now i have my personal printed book edition, really usefull.If you send me the inf you have, i could convert them.Regards

Would I be able to have a copy of the VX-REXX PDF too? I have a license for that somewhere, but I lost the media ages ago and I don't think I ever got beyond installing it. I keep on the lookout for it coming up on eBay but so far no joy. I'm not sure about the legal status of VX-REXX though, so that may not be possible. I know Watcom open sourced the C/C++/Fortran compilers but I never heard anything about Rexx.

Actually, I wonder whether it would be worth popping the PDFs on hobbes for access by a wider audience?

I have a license for that somewhere, but I lost the media ages ago and I don't think I ever got beyond installing it. I keep on the lookout for it coming up on eBay but so far no joy. I'm not sure about the legal status of VX-REXX though, so that may not be possible. I know Watcom open sourced the C/C++/Fortran compilers but I never heard anything about Rexx.

Actually, I wonder whether it would be worth popping the PDFs on hobbes for access by a wider audience?

Anyways, thanks again for your very kind offer

JY

Maybe i wrong putting it on Hobbes?VX-REXX is "Abandonware" now and it is also available on internet, the same for Vispro/REXX (i remember the author itself release it as "freeware", without sources).Can someone explain right the limitations of these licenses please?Regards